This story was never meant to be perfect — because love, in the real world, rarely is.
Zaid & Gauri isn't about the fairytale kind of love that ends with promises under the stars. It's about the kind of love that hurts — the kind that changes people, tests faith, and asks you to choose between your heart and the world you were born into.

I wanted to write about two people who weren't supposed to fall for each other — yet did, recklessly and beautifully.
A girl who smiled at danger without knowing what it would cost her.
A boy who loved beyond reason, beyond boundaries, and lost himself trying to prove he was enough.

This book isn't about religion — it's about humanity. About how society builds walls where there should be bridges.
About the quiet wars lovers fight when the world calls their love a mistake.

Zaid changed himself because he thought love could rewrite everything.
Gauri learned that sometimes love isn't about staying — it's about surviving.
And life, cruel as it may seem, doesn't always give us second chances... but when it does, it demands the courage to face what we once ran from.

To anyone who has ever loved the wrong person at the right time — or the right person when the world said no —
this story is for you.
For your tears, your silence, and your strength.

Because love, no matter how forbidden, always leaves a mark.
And sometimes... that's enough to call it forever.

Deewangi Writess